Hi all
This is just a personal view of what I hope to see on this forum.
We need comments and views from ALL sides both positive and negative. For example, the likes of Spanhod and I have been discussing pros and cons of Corvera/Calidona for years without getting into personal attacks. I do not always (he'll probably say 'hardly ever') agree with his point of view because of our coming from differing angles, although some of his comments have made me think a lot harder about some issues and even change my mind on certain ones.. I do think there is some sort of mutual empathy required between the polar views in order for the forum and threads to work. This empathy will however break down as soon as PERSONAL attacks are made on individuals whether they be self-promoting businesses or not. Justin has full control of the edit/removal of advertising and rightfully so. Many of the business people that comment on the forum also sponsor EOS and yes that includes Roy Howitt and Maria de Castro. They, in my mind are perfectly entitled to have their links at the end of their posts (many I have found to be very helpful as I have no doubt others also). There are unfortunately a few 'business' competitors who will try to denounce others by posting comments about them under fictitious names and these inevitably lead to suspicion of any new poster with a personally negative attack, so lets help the moderater to weedle these people out by reporting suspicious comments to Justin for him to adjudicate and act on if necessary and leave the forum clear for good discussion and banter whether it be positive or negative as long as it's not PERSONAL.
Apologies to Spanhod if necessary for using your name nut I think that this is probably one thread that we can concur on.
This message was last edited by SteveandJane on 30/04/2010.